Telling your name in Marathi…..

We are desperate to share random bits of information about ourselves. Our thoughts, habits, emotions, needs, wants, wishes, fantasies …….. It is hard-wired into our brains. We are more interested in our lives than anyone else’s. No doubt, personal pronouns are most commonly used words in a language we speak and they shall be first words we must learn while learning a new language.

मी गब्बर आहे

मी बसंती आहे.

(mee basanti ahe)

मै बसंती हूँ |

I am Basanti .

मी कालिया आहे.

(mee kaaliya ahe)

मै कालिया हूँ |

I am Kaliya .

मी सांभा आहे.

(mee saambha ahe)

मै सांभा हूँ |

I am Sambha.

What I learned : मी = मै = I.

Since time unknown, people have been possessive with the things they belong . ( Hey , This is my cave and my wife …..you go away ) . Who doesn’t like claiming an ownership over things around us ? We use possessive adjecitve for this purpose . English has only one first person possessive adjective “ My “. Marathi has 3 – माझा ,माझी ,माझे . Hindi has 3 –मेरा ,मेरी ,मेरे . Even French has 3- Mon/Ma/Mes. The one you use depends on the gender of the following noun.

Have a look at the table below.

Masculine

माझा हात

maazaa haat

मेरा हाथ

My hand

Feminine

माझी गाडी

maazi gaadi

मेरी गाडी

My vehicle

Neuter

माझे नाव

maaze naav

मेरा नाम

My name

Plural

माझे कपडे

maaze kapde

मेरे कपडे

My clothes

Honor

माझे बाबा

maaze baabaa

मेरे पिताजी

My Dad

माझा , माझी , माझे = मेरा , मेरी , मेरे = My

In Marathi , Shah Rukh Khan would say :

मी शाह रुख खान आहे .

(mee shaah rukh khaan ahe)

मै शाह रुख खान हूँ |

I am Shah Rukh Khan.

मी डॉन आहे.

(mee don ahe)

मै डॉन हूँ |

I am Don.

माझे नाव खान आहे .

(maze naav khaan ahe )

मेरा नाम खान है |

My name is Khan.

मी भारतीय आहे.(mee bhartiya ahe)

मै भारतीय हूँ |

I am an Indian.

Reading isn’t enough. Use the above words in your own language. Solve the exercise below and see if you really can implement what you have learnt.

Quiz 1

Telling your name ( Personal pronouns)

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Yes, while speaking, native marathi speakers give stress on the last letter. “maajha” not “maajhaa” is actually a shortned way to say “maaze”. There is nothing wrong if you say maajhe nav abhimanyu aahe.

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